How to program BMW E46 MDS43 ECU with WinKFP
Here is the tutorial of set up WinKFP& importing SP-daen files and programming E46 ECU using WinKFP software.
Tools needed:
BWM ICOM ISTA-D/P Rheingold engineering software WinKFP
BWM ICOM A2+B+C emulator or cheap BMW INPA K+DCAN cable
Step 1: Set up Winkfp and import Sp-Daten files
1) Download SP-Daten to your PC in order to update WinKFP databse with the daten files.
Here is the free SP-daten V50.2 free download resources. Make sure download all files.
https://mega.nz/#F!nshRWaLA!NbXQSw7903FIt0JdU81zCA
2) You will notice the files you downloaded earlier have a ‘.rar’ extension; we need a program called WinRar to extract the daten files from the .rar archives. Bellow is a link to a trial version of WinRar:
http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
3) Then extract the archives
4) Update SP-daten. Usually we use BMW Coding Tool to update the SP-daten. Here is one free download. BMW Coding Tool V2.50 free download:
https://mega.nz/#!zdpBHCTZ!AvdtG20ff8_V4WpO8AF88CvsZZBiZn7hg92E9KWxdME
5) Select “Select SP-source” and choose the Sp-Daten folder
6) Now click on “Update WinKFP” button and wait until update completed.
Update procedure is done. Now open SP-daten and start programming.
Step 2: Programming/Update ECU in WinKFP
How to program/update BMW E46 318 M43TU Engine ECU with WinKFP?
Setup WinKFP on INPA cable
1) Open WinKFP software on desktop
2) Select F1: Comfort mode
3) Press F3:Update ZUSB
4) Select assembly identification number MDS43
5) Press F8: Done
6) Press F3:Prog ZB-Update
7) Click Yes
8) Press OK to program ECU
9) Start programming ECU
10) Wait the procedure process to 100%
11) ZUSB-Update programming OK.
12) Exit WInKFP software. Unplug the INPA interface.
